Sentences with phrase «legal leaders in the state»

The initiative brings together legal leaders in the state to enhance diversity and inclusion.

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«It should all be at 21,» Trump said of the legal firearm purchasing age in a meeting with state leaders in late February.

Any new regulation of firearms represents a dramatic shift in position for the state's Republican leaders, who have spent decades easing the regulation of guns and giving legal protection to those who use firearms in self - defense.

There we go again, shut up this hypocritical rightwingers.Only at election time do rear their ugly heads up to be seen and heard.It's time to unleash the CRACKKIN, the monster that the IRS people use on unruly religious groups, exemption is like a death sentence to these groups.Most of these religious leaders are wolves in sheeps clothing, selling their political poison to anyone in their flocks.They push the envelope on the seperation of church and state issue, seeing how far they can go.Pastors and ministers would never speak politics like this years ago, that was taaboo.Now people like Robertson, Graham, and the rest, flaunt their ideaology both religious and political at every event.They don't care about the legal consequences, they have LAWYERS, perishioners pay for that.

Their leader murdered while working in the legal system of the United States.

The early leader in the state pro-marriage movement, Louisiana set off a national debate in August 1997 by enacting a law that permits «covenant marriages, «26 whereby couples promise to stay married for life and renounce their legal right to a no - fault divorce.

This raises a legal conundrum, namely, what is the legal status of a boastful Twitter confession by separatist leaders of a state - sponsored rebel group containing first - hand accounts and admissions of responsibility for shooting down a plane in the midst of a conflict?

The state paid $ 1.8 Million in legal fees relating to the defense of former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno in April, the state comptroller's office said Tuesday, and there may be more to come.

Democratic leaders challenged the practice in State Supreme Court, and it was struck down last week by a judge who ruled that it exceeded legal contribution limits.

Last Friday, former New York State Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno was acquitted in federal court on fraud charges, ending a decade - long legal battle.

The Nassau County - based Skelos, who works for Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, a major Long Island law firm that represents dozens of powerful businesses before state agencies, voluntarily revealed last year that he was paid as much as $ 250,000 in private legal fees in 2009, when he was Senate minority leader.

Tuesday's rhetoric is the same as Cuomo's position earlier this year after Silver — the longtime leader of the State Assembly — was indicted for pocketing $ 4 million in legal fees that prosecutors proved were little more than bribes for official favors.

Meanwhile, in the Republican - led state Senate, $ 381,000 was approved for legal fees for former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno to the firm O'Connell & Aronowitz.

New York State's campaign finance rules allow lawmakers wide latitude to use campaign funds for covering legal fees, restaurant tabs, season tickets to professional sporting events, or in the infamous case of former Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, a $ 1,300 pool clean - up.

This historic change, which brings New York in line with 48 other states, is also thanks to the voices of impacted youth and families, faith leaders, advocates, providers, legal service organizations, Family Court Judges, and citizens who have spent many years urging New York to Raise the Age!»

Additionally, prosecutors say Silver's position as the leader of the state Assembly put him in a position to force two prominent real estate developers, Glenwood Management and the Witkoff Group, to hire attorney Jay Goldberg of Goldberg & Iryami to represent them in complex legal matters.

The government reform group noted that Lanza since his first run for state Senate in 2006 has accepted at least $ 113,000 in LLC money coming from real estate, lobbying and other interests — including $ 34,000 from Glenwood Management, which were players in the recent legal cases against now former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

For example, in a 2014 meeting of the state retirement commission, then - state labor relations chief Linda Yelmini, a commission member, asked whether there had been a «deal» between state Attorney General George Jepsen and Republican Senate Leader Len Fasano, R - North Haven, on a legal opinion relating to Maturo's ultimately unsuccessful effort.

The former Senate majority leader used some of the $ 1.5 million in legal fees reimbursed to his campaign committee by the state to fund this «independent PAC» that existed for only five months before transferring its balance to his former conference.

Mario Cilento, the leader of New York state's AFL - CIO, said Janus» legal fees are subsidized by several groups funded by major figures in the conservative movement, including the Koch brothers.

«We will not be fooled into thinking that, out of a total state budget of $ 163 billion, a $ 10 million program to provide legal services to members of our community who are facing deportation is sufficient in the age of Trump,» the group's leaders, Javier Valdes and Deborah Axt, stated.

An article on Tuesday about challenges confronting Republicans in the New York State Senate after the arrest of their leader, Dean G. Skelos, misstated, in some copies, the legal document that led to Mr. Skelos's arrest.

To help with new Parent and Family Engagement requirements under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and to meet the civil rights obligations of schools in working with Limited English Proficient (LEP) and English Learner (EL) families across the state of Maine, leaders in the Maine Department of Education are partnering with TransACT ® Parent Notices to provide all 266 local education agencies representing thousands of schools and teachers with unlimited access to expertly written parent notifications that meet legal requirements and guidance on required audiences, and recommended timelines.

Rud, when I talk to those of the Progressive Left who are most concerned about climate change, and who want the United States to become the leader in finding ways to reduce carbon emissions, they pretty much go silent when I inform them that the EPA has legal authority under the Clean Air Act and the 2009 Endangerment Finding to do much more in placing limits on carbon emissions than the agency is actually doing.

Local and state governments in the Northeast have been leaders and incubators in utilizing legal and regulatory opportunities to foster climate change policies.103 The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) was the first market - based regulatory program in the U.S. aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions; it is a cooperative effort among nine northeastern states.104 Massachusetts became the first state to officially incorporate climate change impacts into its environmental review procedures by adopting legislation that directs agencies to «consider reasonably foreseeable climate change impacts, including additional greenhouse gas emissions, and effects, such as predicted sea level rise.»

Her fascination with legal technology and its benefits in the delivery of legal services has led her from her own legal technology consulting firm, through employment as IT director of a large law firm, and, finally, to her current position as a practice management thought leader and founder of the South Carolina State Bar's Practice Management Assistance Program.

A leader in the legal community, Judge Bradley served as Chairman of the State Bar's Business Law Section and co-authored the Wisconsin Business Advisor Series chapter on Internet law.

Mr. Bartolo is a former working group leader in the EDRM, and has instructed continuing legal education courses about eDiscovery and information governance throughout the United States.

Join your in - house peers at this unique leadership forum to reflect on the state of the corporate legal department and your own role as a business leader in balancing rapidly evolving regulations, reputation management, and overall commercial goals.

The 2017 Law Firm Marketing Operations Index, conducted by consulting firms Totum Partners and Calibrate Legal, surveyed marketing leaders, including Marketing and BD Directors and CMOs, at the largest law firms in the UK, United States and Canada.

In Trinidad and Tobago, as a small developing country but one of the State leaders in the Caribbean, a major judicial challenge of the society is to escape the colonial shackles of its legal heritage and to create a body of laws, conventions and legal practices that are consistent with its indigenous culture and normIn Trinidad and Tobago, as a small developing country but one of the State leaders in the Caribbean, a major judicial challenge of the society is to escape the colonial shackles of its legal heritage and to create a body of laws, conventions and legal practices that are consistent with its indigenous culture and normin the Caribbean, a major judicial challenge of the society is to escape the colonial shackles of its legal heritage and to create a body of laws, conventions and legal practices that are consistent with its indigenous culture and norms.

Majux is one of the industry leaders for digital marketing solutions for the legal industry in the United States.

Debora Juarez, Member and Practice Group Leader of the Tribal Practice at Williams Kastner, concentrates her practice on providing legal and financial counsel to tribes in such areas as debt financing, corporate structure, economic development, natural resources, gaming and tribal - state and inter-local agreements.

Writing in an article in Corporate Counsel last week, Dan Currell, director of client solutions at Novus Law and Aaron Kotok, legal practice leader at CEB, assessed the state of legal department operations.

«This is a state - of - the - art programme which gives our vacation students a chance to meet with clients, network with lawyers at every level of the business, work on projects and debate with thought leaders in the legal and industry sectors».

They represent Fortune 500 companies and start - up entrepreneurs in key industry and business sectors; have backgrounds as businesswomen, prosecutors and public defenders; teach graduate - level classes in legal issues; and are leaders and members of almost 20 bar associations at the local, state and national levels.

Look back over the past 50 years of legal aid in Washington State and learn how the Alliance for Equal Justice became a leader in access to justice.

We can be found at premier legal networking events and other industry events in most major markets throughout the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific, including intimate gatherings of industry leaders and major educational legal conferences.

Best Lawyers is based on submissions by almost 5 million attorneys in the United States who confidentially evaluate the legal abilities of their professional peers; lawyers are selected as a «Lawyer of the Year» only if the number of votes received «indicates a clear leader» in the field.

«Richard is recommended by the editors of The 2018 Legal 500 as Tier 1 Counsel in a number of fields: he is well known for his work on behalf of the Government, and his commercial work on behalf the Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills; and is one of three leaders in the field of coronial law in Wales»

One of the Southeast's top Bond Counsel and Disclosure Counsel firms, they're a national leader in legal matters related to public finance, both state and local government.

In her various trade association positions, Regina developed an expertise in assisting industry leaders communicate legal and public policy initiatives to the public and federal, state and local policymakerIn her various trade association positions, Regina developed an expertise in assisting industry leaders communicate legal and public policy initiatives to the public and federal, state and local policymakerin assisting industry leaders communicate legal and public policy initiatives to the public and federal, state and local policymakers.

October 7, 2016 — In this Legaltech news article, author Ian Lopez recaps the discussion regarding legal tech and access to justice that took place at Thomson Reuters» annual Law Firm Leaders Forum, titled, «The Future of Legal Services in the United States: The ABA Issues a Clarion Call for Change.&raquIn this Legaltech news article, author Ian Lopez recaps the discussion regarding legal tech and access to justice that took place at Thomson Reuters» annual Law Firm Leaders Forum, titled, «The Future of Legal Services in the United States: The ABA Issues a Clarion Call for Change.&rlegal tech and access to justice that took place at Thomson Reuters» annual Law Firm Leaders Forum, titled, «The Future of Legal Services in the United States: The ABA Issues a Clarion Call for Change.&rLegal Services in the United States: The ABA Issues a Clarion Call for Change.&raquin the United States: The ABA Issues a Clarion Call for Change.»

Star alumni: Nathalie Des Rosiers, dean of common law at the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Law; former Superior Court justices John Kennedy and Thomas Granger; Ontario Superior Court justices Jasmine Akbarali, Ian Leach, Margaret McSorley, Mary Anne Sanderson and Michael Varpio; Ontario Court of Appeal Justice Bradley Miller; David Shore, television writer for House, NYPD Blue, Family Law and Due South; Bryce Rudyk, senior legal adviser to Alliance of Small Island States in United Nations negotiations relating to climate change treaties and adjunct law professor at the New York University School of Law; Amy Archer, senior adviser to the government house leader at the Ontario government

Judith Flournoy, a leader of a new legal tech association, says she thrives in «a constant state of change.»

Some judicial leaders have suggested that state bars promote mentoring as a way to ensure that new lawyers receive guidance from experienced ones in how to engage in law practice in accordance with the duties, responsibilities and expectations of members of the legal profession.

The report — released last week at CCJ's annual conference in Jackson, Wyoming — calls on state judicial leaders to implement 13 recommendations, and was produced in conjunction with the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) and the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAstate judicial leaders to implement 13 recommendations, and was produced in conjunction with the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) and the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAState Courts (NCSC) and the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS).

He argued Brady v. Maryland in the United States Supreme Court and was a leader in the clinical legal education movement.

A leader in efforts to modernize the legal system through efficiencies and new technologies, he has served on a wide variety of committees and councils, including the National Conference of Bankruptcy Clerks, the Clerks» Advisory Committee, the National Forms Modernization Committee, the United States Courts» Information Technology Advisory Committee, the Unified Communication Future Project, and the Director's Council for Automation Planning for the Judiciary.

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